MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Number 19

 

1. Date: 14 January 1945
    
2. Code Name: Hesitation # 2
    
3. Target: Nagoya (194) - Mitsubishi A/C Plant
    
4. Participating Unit: 73rd BW
    
5. Number A/C Airborne: 73
    
6. % A/C Bombing Primary: 55% (40 Primary, 0 Secondary. 23 Last Resort and Opportunity)
    
7. Time Over Primary: 141540K - 141628K
    
8. Altitude of Attack: 29,080 - 32,000
    
9. Weather Over Target: 4/10 to cumulous and dense haze
    
10. Total A/C Lost: 5
     

11. Resume of Mission: Bombing results fair - 166,100 square feet destroyed and damaged.  Nineteen early returns.  One aircraft ditched en route to Target, two aircraft ditched en route back, one aircraft lost to unknown causes and on aircraft lost to survey.  Enemy air opposition moderate to heavy, unaggressive to aggressive - 583 attacks.  AA meager to moderate, inaccurate to accurate.  Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs. Average gas reserve: 909 gallons. 

 

  

  

 

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